The ruined heart attracts God's attention.
How happy is the soul that practices caring for it.
Rumi

Those who don't feel this Love
pulling them like a river,
those who don't drink dawn
like a cup of spring water
or take in sunset like supper,
those who don't want to change,
let them sleep.

This Love is beyond the study of theology,
that old trickery and hypocrisy.
If you want to improve your mind that way,
sleep on.

I've given up on my brain.
I've torn the cloth to shreds
and thrown it away.

If you're not completely naked,
wrap your beautiful robe of words
around you,
and sleep.

Rumi

Do not build much, for I intend to have you in ruins.
Rumi

We came spinning out of nothingness,
scattering stars like dust
Rumi

One day you will take me completely out of myself.
I will do what the angels cannot do.
Your eyelash will write on my cheek
the poem that has not been thought of.
Rumi

Every object and being in the universe
is a jar overflowing with wisdom and beauty,
a drop of the Tigris that cannot be contained by any skin.
Every jarful spills and makes the earth more shining,
as though covered in satin…
Make peace with the universe.
Take joy in it.
It will turn to gold.
Resurrection will be now.
Every moment, a new beauty.

Rumi

In order to enter into your rose garden,
the soul makes peace with the thorns. 

Rumi

The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You
Rumi

Only from the heart can one touch the sky. 　　 　　 　　 　　　　　　　　
Rumi 　　　　

If you can disentangle
yourself from your selfish self
all heavenly spirits
will stand ready to serve you.
Rumi